Sanitary toilet attachment.



Nl. H. BALDWIN.

SANITARY TOILET ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATIGN FILED AUG.22, 1914. K 1,14%109, 1 Patented Aug. 3, 1915;

MERRILL H. BALDWIN, OF SAN DEGO, CALIFORNIA.

SANITARY TOLET ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 22, 1914. Serial No. 858,140.

To all lIIJ/1,0m fit mag/comma.'

Be it known that I, MERRILL H. BALDWIN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at San l')iego, in the county of San Diego and State of Calii'fornia, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Sanitary Toilet Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

rlliis invention relates to sanitary attachments tor closet seats and it has for its object the provision of an improved device of this nature so constructed as to automatically move into protective position over the closed seat a sheet oi? paper `perfomted in such manner as to pre-vent the person ot the user from coming into actual Contact with the closet seat and also arranged to spray the used portions of the paper with an antiseptic solution.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the detailed de-v scription which now follows:

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a front elevation of acloset seat provided with the attachment. Fig. 2 is a. plan view thereof. F 3 is a sectional view through the casi1 f; at the lett of Fig. 2 and Fig. et is a sectional view ot ay part ot' the closet seat illustrating a liap breaker hereinafter described.

Like numerals designate corresponding parts in all of the ligures oit' the drawing.

Referring to the drawing the numeral 5 designates the closet bowl, t3 the seat and 7 the lid all oi? the usual construction. At each side ot' the bowl the scatcarries a casing one of which is designated 8 and constitutes a casing ltor a supply roll of paper l) the web 10 otl paper being carried therefrom across the top of the seat and being wound upon the used paper roll 11 in casing 12.

To impart 'movementk to roll 11 for the the lid 7 is secured. Therefore when the lid is raised no motion is imparted to the paper web but when the lid is lowered roll.

11 will be turned, through the connections described to wind the web 10 of paper thereon. By referring to Fig. 2 it, will be seen that the paper web is cut ont or perforated at intervals as at 2&1. the resulting openings being slightly smaller than the opening in the closet seat whereby the person of the user is prevented from coming into contact with the closet seat. i

For spraying that portion ot the paper web that has been wound upon the roll 1l with an antiseptic solution a pump 25 is mounted in casing 12 and is supplied with such solution from alsupply tank QG through suction pipe :27. 'A discharge pipe 28 leads from the pump and is perforated to cause it rammen aug. s, rais.

to spray the antiseptic solution upon the used paper. For impartingmovement to the pump plunger' the pump rod 29`is provided with a rack Q9 which meshes1with a gear wheel 29h fast upon rod 23. Consequently as the lid 7 is raised and lowered reciprocation is imparte-d to the pump rod for actuating the pump plunger. In order to insure the lid always being lowered so that the lid cannot be raised and left ,raisech preferably provide a spring 30 arranged to throw the lid to its lowered position.

It is desired to provide means for actuating the Hush cord simultaneously with the lowering of the lid, and to that end there is a. slidably mounted bar 3l beneaththe pump rod 29, having hingedly connected-to its front end at 32, a tongue 33 which is provided with a nniitchfi adapted to be engaged by tooth 35 carried by the `pump rod. A spring 36 secured to the bar 31 normally tends to throw the tongue 33 upwardly. As the lid is lowered and the pump rodanoves `toward the lett the tooth 35 moves bar 3l and tongue 33 likewise toward the'left, the

' beveled end 33 of said tongue at this time being forced downward by a pin 37 until the notch 34 is freed fromA tooth 35. But by ihis'time, apull has been'imparted to the flush cord 38 and the cordf is thereupon released and the bar 31 is permitted 'to move again to the right, but upon Ithe movement of the pump rod toward the right, tooth 35 again engages in notch 31 preparatory to repeating this operation. Pump rod 29 preferably carries a handle 39 which travels in the slot 40 which slot is provided with a lateral recess 41 in which said handle may be engaged to thereby hold the lid in its elevated position. Whenever said handle is I preferably provide upon the lid (seev Fig. 4) a flap breaker comprising a centrally arranged bar 46 which is mounted upon a transverse shaft 47. and which is under the influence of the spring 48 which normally tends to throw it to the dotted line position shown in Fig. 4. Upon the outer end of the I, shaft 47 is a crank arm 49 to'which is con- '51 and is attached'at 5,2to that part of the nected a cable 50 which passes over a roller :4- seat which lies izo-one Iside of the 4central opening in said sea/t".y When the lid is raised, the pull upon thecableO pulls downwardly upon crank arm,;49 and moves the breaker 46 back into thef'recess 52a; but when4 the' lid is lowered this /Cable is slackened and the spring 48 may actvto force the breaker-.into

such position esito break the flap gloose and force it downwardly in a manner that will be well understood. Thefreason for providing this-structure is ythat it is desirable when ethe lid is raised, I' to have this breaker lie in such position that it will not Contact with the back' of thef'person using the apparatus. This accomplished by moving the breaker 46fba'ck into recess 52a, and'si'nce/the crank arm 49 lies considerably to onefside of the structure, this element will not interfere i with the guser.:

While thegelements-'sltown and described are well adapted to serve the purposes for which' they are intended,y it is to be understood thatthe invention lis not limited to the precise construction set forth, 'but in-A cludesuwithin itsg' purview such changes as may be madecwithin the scope of pended claims.

Having described my invention 'what I @ha ae claim is: 1.111 a device of the character described thecombinationwith a seat and lid, of 'a pair of rolls, adapted to have a paper webv woundI thereupon, and to be drawn from ideales one of said rolls'tothe across said "seat, and connections between one of said rolls and said' lid whereby movement of the lid imparts rotation to said roll to wind the paper web thereon, and means also actuated by said lid for spraying'the used portion of the paper with an antiseptic solution.

2. In a device of the character described the combination witlia seat and spring ao tuated lid, a roll upon each side of said seat', said rolls being adapted to have a paper web wound from one to the' other thereof, a rod upon which said lid is fixed, a pawl carried by said rod, a ratchet with which said pawl engages, said ratchet being formed upon a rotative member, a shaft, means for ,driving ysaid shaft from said rotative member, a friction disk mounted upon said shaft and a' friction disk mounted upon.

one of said rolls, the periphery' of the first named friction disk bearing upon the face of' the last named friction disk, a pump, a

`supply tankvv for said pump, a spray pipe leading from" said pump and arranged in juxtaposition to the used paper roll, and

means' for actuating said pump from said lid.

3. In a device oftheA character described the combination with "a seat and spring aotuated lid, a roll upon each Side of said seat, said rolls being adapted to have a paper web wound from one to the other thereof, a rod upon which said lid is fixed, a pawl carried ,by said rod, a ratchet with which said pawl engages, said ratchet being formed upon a rotative member, a shaft, means for driving said shaft fromsaid rotative member, a'v

friction disk mounted upon said shaft and a friction dislrmounted upon one of said rolls, the periphery of the first named friction disk bearing upon the facezojf the last named friction disk, a pump, a supply tankfor said pump,l a spray pipeleading from said pump and arranged in juxtaposition to the used paper roll, the means for actuating said pump from said lid, said last named means comprising arack carried bythe pump rod anda gear wheel movable with the lid.

In testimony whereof affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MERRILL H, BALDWIN. Witnesses:

J. C. Husa, J., L. Hman., 

